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Title al-Zīj al-mu‘tabar al-Sanjarī اﻟﺰﻳﺞ اﻟﻤﻌﺘﺒﺮ اﻟﺴﻨﺠﺮﻱKhāzinī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ﻋﺒﺪ اﻟﺮﺣﻤﻦ
،ﺧﺎﺯﻧﻲ
Date(s) 20 Jumādá II 620 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Written in Arabic in Arabic
Extent and Format Codex; ff. i+157+ii
Holding Institution British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Copyright for document Public Domain
Astronomical handbook with tables composed at Merv ( )ﻣﺮﻭby the astronomer, mathematician and physicist Abū
Manṣūr (also known as Abū al-Fatḥ) ‘Abd al-Raḥmān al-Khāzinī ( )ي ﺃﺑﻮ اﻟﻔﺘﺢ ﻋﺒﺪ اﻟﺮﺣﻤﻦ اﻟﺨﺎﺯﻧﻲ ﺃﺑﻮ ﻣﻨﺼﻮﺭaround
1120 and dedicated to the Seljuk sultan Sanjar ibn Malikshāh ( ﺳﻨﺠﺮ ﺑﻦ ﻣﻠﻜﺸﺎﻩ, reg. 1118-57).
The manuscript is defective at the beginning and the folios are out of order. David Pingree ('A Preliminary
Assessment of the Problems of Editing the Zīj al-Sanjarī of al-Khazini' [London: Al-Furqān Islamic Heritage
Foundation, 1420/1999], on pp. 106 and 109) suggests the following as the correct folio sequence: ff. 57-62,
7-8, 2, 1, 3-6, 9-56, 63-69, 71-75, 77, 79, 70, 76, 78, 81, 97, 82-96, 98, 104-107, 102, 99, 103, 108-109,
100, 138-139, 110-123, 127, 126, 124-125, 128-134, 156, 155, 140-148, 135, 149-154, 101, 137, 136 and 157.
Maqālah Nine is defective at the end, Maqālah Ten is missing and the Separate Maqālah is defective at the
beginning (see table of maqālāt below).
A table of contents is found on ff. 2v, 1 and 3r (in that order), and the text is divided into eleven
treatises ()ﻣﻘﺎﻻﺕ, each subdivided into sections ( ﺃﻗﺴﺎﻡ أ, chapters )ب ﺃﺑﻮاﺏand parts )لو ﻓﺼﻮﻝ.
Maqālah Four: Mean Motion of Planets ( اﻟﻤﻘﺎﻟﺔ اﻟﺮاﺑﻌﺔ ﻓﻲ ﺃﻭﺳﺎﻁ اﻟﻜﻮاﻛﺐ, ff. 26v-34r);
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Maqālah Five: Stations, Latitudes and Motion ( اﻟﻤﻘﺎﻟﺔ اﻟﺨﺎﻣﺴﺔ ﻓﻲ اﻟﻘﻮاﺋﻢ ﻭاﻟﻌﺮﻭﺽ ﻭاﻟﻤﺴﻴﺮ, ff. 34r-38r);
Maqālah Nine: Sighting and Rising ( اﻟﻤﻘﺎﻟﺔ اﻟﺘﺎﺳﻌﺔ ﻓﻲ اﻟﺮﺅﻳﺔ ﻭاﻟﺘﺸﺮﻳﻖ, ff. 52v-62v, defective at end);
Seperate Maqālah: Unusual Works ( اﻟﻤﻘﺎﻟﺔ اﻟﻤﻔﺮﻭﺯﺓ ﻷﻋﻤﺎﻝ ﻏﺮﻳﺒﺔ, ff. 63r-68r, defective at beginning).
The eleven treatises of the text (ff. 1r-68r) are followed by tables (ff. 68v-157v). An overview of the
contents of these tables is found in Kennedy, 'A Survey of Islamic Astronomical Tables' (1956), on pp. 159-61.
The copy was completed in 20 Jumādá II 620/21 July 1223 by Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Sālim al-Maqdisī or al-
Muqaddasī ( ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺑﻦ ﺃﺣﻤﺪ ﺑﻦ ﺳﺎﻟﻢ اﻟﻤﻘﺪﺳﻲ, see f. 157, foot of table).
ﺻﻌﻮﺩ اﻟﻜﻮﺑﻚ ﻓﻲ ﻓﻠﻜﻪ ﻭﻫﺒﻮﻃﻪ ﻭﻋﻤﻖ اﻷﺟﺮاﻡ اﻟﺴﻤﺎﻭﻳﺔ ﻭاﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ ﻳﻌﺮﻑ ﺑﻬﺎ ﺃﻗﻄﺎﺭ اﻟﻜﻮاﻛﺐ ﺑﻌﻀﻬﺎ ﺇﻟﻰ ﺑﻌﺾ ﻭاﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ
ﻭﻓﺮﻍ ﻣﻦ ﻛﺘﺎﺑﺔ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺑﻦ ﺃﺣﻤﺪ ﺑﻦ ﺳﺎﻟﻢ اﻟﻤﻘﺪﺳﻲ ﻓﻲ ﻳﻮﻡ اﻟﺨﻤﻴﺲ اﻟﻌﺸﺮﻳﻦ ﻣﻦ ﺟﻤﺎﺩﻯ اﻵﺧﺮﺓ ﺳﻨﺔ ﻋﺸﺮﻳﻦ ﻭﺳﺘﻤﺎﺋﺔ ﻟﻠﻬﺠﺮﺓ
ﻭﺣﺴﺒﻨﺎ ﷲ ﻭﻧﻌﻢ اﻟﻮﻛﻴﻞ و )!( ﻭاﻟﺤﻤﺪ ﻟﻠﻪ ﺭﺏ اﻟﻌﺎﻟﻤﻴﻦ ﻭﺻﻠﻰ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻰ ﺳﻴﺪﻧﺎ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ ﺗﺴﻠﻴﻤًﺎ ﻛﺜﻴﺮ
Text on back page (f. 157v, lines 1-3 [top of page mutilated, probably 1 line missing]):
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al-Zīj al-mu‘tabar al-Sanjarī اﻟﺰﻳﺞ اﻟﻤﻌﺘﺒﺮ اﻟﺴﻨﺠﺮﻱKhāzinī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān
ﻋﺒﺪ اﻟﺮﺣﻤﻦ،[ ﺧﺎﺯﻧﻲfront] (1/328)